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1. Cryptococcal Pleuritis Presenting with Lymphocyte-predominant and High Levels of Adenosine Deaminase in Pleural Effusions Coincident with Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Author

Kushima Y, Takizawa H, Machida Y, Umetsu T, Ikeda N, Miyoshi M, Chibana K, Shimizu Y, Takemasa A, and Ishii Y

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Aged, 80 and over, Anti-Inflammatory Agents therapeutic use, Coinfection physiopathology, Cryptococcus neoformans isolation & purification, Humans, Lymphocytes chemistry, Male, Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation & purification, Pleura microbiology, Pleura physiopathology, Pleural Effusion microbiology, Pleurisy microbiology, Treatment Outcome, Tuberculosis, Pleural drug therapy, Tuberculosis, Pleural microbiology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary drug therapy, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary microbiology, Adenosine Deaminase analysis, Coinfection drug therapy, Coinfection microbiology, Cryptococcosis drug therapy, Prednisone therapeutic use, Tuberculosis, Pleural physiopathology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary physiopathology
Abstract

Co-infection with cryptococcus and tuberculosis has rarely been reported. We herein report a case of an 80-year-old man with cryptococcal pleuritis concurrent with pulmonary tuberculosis. He was admitted for progression of left pleural effusion and consolidation in the left upper lobe. Culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis was positive in sputum, and analyses of pleural effusion revealed lymphocyte-predominant high levels of adenosine deaminase (ADA). Medical thoracoscopy revealed massive infiltration of Cryptococcus neoformans in pleura without granuloma. This is the first case report of cryptococcal pleuritis coincident with pulmonary tuberculosis. Cryptococcal pleuritis should be ruled out when the adenosine deaminase levels are elevated in pleural effusion.

Published
2018
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2. Cryptococcal Pleuritis Presenting with Lymphocyte-predominant and High Levels of Adenosine Deaminase in Pleural Effusions Coincident with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Author

Akihiro Takemasa, Yasuo Shimizu, Yoshiki Ishii, Naoya Ikeda, Yasutaka Machida, Hidenori Takizawa, Takafumi Umetsu, Yoshitomo Kushima, Kazuyuki Chibana, and Masaaki Miyoshi

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Male, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Tuberculosis, Pleural effusion, Adenosine Deaminase, Cryptococcus, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Case Report, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Adenosine deaminase, co-infection, Internal Medicine, medicine, Thoracoscopy, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Lymphocytes, Pleurisy, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Aged, 80 and over, biology, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Coinfection, General Medicine, Cryptococcosis, Tuberculosis, Pleural, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, cryptococcal antigen test, respiratory tract diseases, Pleural Effusion, Treatment Outcome, cryptococcal pleuritis, 030228 respiratory system, Granuloma, biology.protein, Cryptococcus neoformans, Sputum, Pleura, Prednisone, medicine.symptom, business, pulmonary tuberculosis
Abstract

Co-infection with cryptococcus and tuberculosis has rarely been reported. We herein report a case of an 80-year-old man with cryptococcal pleuritis concurrent with pulmonary tuberculosis. He was admitted for progression of left pleural effusion and consolidation in the left upper lobe. Culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis was positive in sputum, and analyses of pleural effusion revealed lymphocyte-predominant high levels of adenosine deaminase (ADA). Medical thoracoscopy revealed massive infiltration of Cryptococcus neoformans in pleura without granuloma. This is the first case report of cryptococcal pleuritis coincident with pulmonary tuberculosis. Cryptococcal pleuritis should be ruled out when the adenosine deaminase levels are elevated in pleural effusion.

Published
2017

3. Cryptococcal pleural effusion in an HTLV-I carrier with Waldenstroem's macroglobulinemia

Author

Taguchi, Hirokuni, Kotani, Shigemitsu, Sugito, Sawa, Kobayashi, Makoto, Kubonishi, Ichiro, and Miyoshi, Isao

Subjects
Pleural Effusion, cryptococcal pleuritis, immune system diseases, hemic and lymphatic diseases, Carrier State, Humans, Female, Cryptococcosis, Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia, macroglobulinemia, HTLV-I Infections, HTLV-1 carrier, Aged
Abstract

A 70-year-old woman with Waldenstroem's macroglobulinemia developed bilateral pleural effusions due to Cryptococcus neoformans. She was found to be a carrier of HTLV-I. It is speculated that the opportunistic infection occurred as the result of an impaired cellular immunity secondary to HTLV-I infection.

Published
1992

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